What pharmacy do you get HRT meds at? (Legally, of course)
Why?

I would normally use CVS, but I don't know if my wife will want me to (she knows people at many of them).

When I still had health insurance, Walgreen's. My insurance completely covered the cost. When I got fired, though, I was forced to switch to Walmart, because taking advantage of their $4 prescriptions cut my monthly costs by 80% and let me still be able to afford them. At any other pharmacy, I'd be paying close to $120/month out of pocket for them. With the Walmart thing, it's $25. Thank God for that.

I was getting them from Walmart.  $20 for 90 days.  But I started to get them from the county pharmacy, I can charge it to the account.

CVS for scripts covered by insurance (AA and E)
Walgreens (owned by Mazzoni Center) for 2 scripts not covered by insurance, Fenasteride ($18.80) and Cialis ($15.80).

Cialis has 30 pills and there are 5 refills. I think the PA-C was having fun with me with this script. I think I used 2 in 3 months.

K-Mart. It's all covered by my insurance. One of the happiest days for me was when I got medical insurance in 2008. I was still on three scripts and paying almost $200 out of pocket so it was a huge help.

Thanks! Hopefully my insurance covers it... they have exceptions for gender transformation, but HRT is often still OK in the pharmacy plans, AFAIUI. It looks like wal*mart is my best bet, just in case (and since CVS might not be a good idea for my wife)

My employer requires me to get my ongoing meds through mail order pharmacy manager. $12 for 3 months supply. My employer's insurance pays for all transgender transition related drugs and surgeries. They are very progressive and a great place to work.

I'm paying OOP so I go with Walmart since their prices are pretty decent. If my prescription changes in Feb, I might have to go to CVS. Walgreens if I have to, but when I got my first prescription I went there and it wasn't as cheap as it could have been. Btw GoodRX is a great site for price comparisons between all these places, and they have coupons! Took $20 off my Spiro last time.

I get my hrt from a locan pharmacy close to my house...lol

I pay 2 euros for e pills and 15 for aa 

Walgreens, Stroheckers.

Most of those meds are covered under our national health scheme in Australia - I get mine from a local pharmacy. I love the weird look the guy behind the counter gives me (I buy them in guy mode)...

Quote from: Ms Grace on December 20, 2013, 02:21:36 AM
.... I love the weird look the guy behind the counter gives me (I buy them in guy mode)...

The look is the best. I have a young lady who helps me and she always asks, "Uh, er, do you know what these are for?"

Like Grace my local Pharmacy. They had a vote on my name change! They have been great.

Like my two other Aussie sister (partners in crime), I go the chemist near work right in the main shopping mall in the centre of Sydney. It's a big chemist and always. So far not one word other than to pay my $20 and go. Pretty easy so far.

I just use the pharmacy attached to my doctor's practice.  I can request a prescription refill online and the meds are waiting for me in the pharmacy a day later.  I'm on the paperwork as female and old enough that I don't pay for prescriptions so it's very easy.  I have talked to the pharmacist about some concerns I had about the meds and he said he has to be aware of what people are taking and he knows why I would be using the Decapeptyl - the testosterone blocker.  He doesn't mention it unless I do and I don't see any reason why his assistant would know.

Originally I went to CVS, but then my insurance changed and they wouldn't accept it.  At that point I switched to a local pharmacy, but then my insurance wouldn't cover it there either.  Apparently, I have to now switch to a mail order service for all maintenance drugs and have them sent to a rite aid.  Why I can't just drop my prescription off at a rite aid and instead have to have a mail order send it to them is beyond me.  I haven't received anything from the mail order service yet, so I can't verify the quality of the service.  Otherwise, my experience at pharmacies were decent enough.  Sometimes I got questioned about why I'm on this medication or who prescribes it to me or do I know what it will do, but it hasn't been an issue since my appearance has been changing.  Perhaps that says all they need to know, lol. 

The questioning look and questions from the pharmacist should be fun and interesting
It sounds like that's a common theme!

Why would they think you didn't know? I mean... maybe if it was just spiro - since that's a diuretic and could have been mis-prescribed.

But... E? Of course you know why you're taking estradiol... I mean... really...

So... my plan is... any questions about E and I will definitely be saying "no, my MD just prescribed it and said it would help... it's not going to grow breasts or anything, will it?" (ok... I won't actually say that)

Right now, spiro and E are costing me 20 dollars a month. I checked walmart's $4 prescription list, and spiro and higher doses of E aren't listed. Some of you said that you have been paying $4 for your HRT at walmart, though?

I know Spiro was on at the Walmart $4 list when I checked. I think that can be cheaper than getting the bigger tabs w/o insurance.





Edited for Dosage

I filled my initial scrip in da big city because I don't trust the local to respect confidentiality. There are no secrets in a small town. 

The pharmacist who filled my scrip was priceless.

Her: "So, estradiol... do you happen to know what this... umm... was prescribed for?"
Me: "Yes. Absolutely."
Her: "Umm.. Okay. Do you have any questions about the estradiol? Side effects, for instance?"
Me: "No, I'm good."
Her: "Alright then. Well, if anything emerges that you'd like to discuss..."